Improvement in case for curing- and transporting tobacco



dienst Setenta GEORGE E. TUOKETT, OF HAMILTON, CANADA Lette-rs Patent No. 100,087, dated .February 2 2, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CASE FOR CURIN'G- AND TRANSPORTING- TOBACCO;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern .Be it known that I, GEORGE E. TUCKETT, of Hamilton, in the county ot Wentworth, and Province of Ontario, have invented a new and valuable Improvelmeut in Packages for Tobacco; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and` figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, ol' the drawings, is of an external view of my device, broken cti to show the tobacco iu place;

Figure 2 is a vertical section; and

Figure 3 is a cross-section ot' the same.

M invention relates to means for curing and packing tobacco manufactured in plugs; and

It consists in the construction of a quadrangular box ot' tin or zinc with wooden or metallic ends, as the case may require, and so forming the square sides otsuch box as to provide safe means of attachment for a revenue stamp. `'lhe box thus formed is designed t'or use as a package for plug tobacco.

Heretoi'ore plug tobacco, of the class called caven-v dish, has been usually packed away in boxes constructed wholly of wood, each piece of which is onehalt' inch in thickness. Such boxes,- when made of wood thoroughly seasoned, serve a good purpose, but when made of timber in which even a little moisture is retained, tend to injure the tobacco by producing mold thereon.

It often happens tlzat such wooden boxes,'throngh mistake, carelessness, or a bad motive, are constructed of vrunseasoned timber, and in that case the result is disastrous to the contents. Even in cases where'the wooden case or package is well madev and of .the proper timber, such package is heavy, cumberous and expensive.'

To obviate the difficulties mentioned, I construct a qnadrangular case ot' tin or zinc, and attach to it heads of either metal or wood, as the case requires,

that is to say, if the tobacco be not thoroughly dried I place wooden heads in the case to provide for the evaporation of the moisture in-thc tobacco, 'but if' there be no moisture in the tobacco which ought to be evaporated, I prefer metallic heads for the box.'

Cavendish tobacco is maunta'ctl'u'ed inlat plugs six inches in length and three inches in width; hence I make my box six inches in diameter, and 'thereby adapt it to hold the layers ofthe plugs in the manner shown at A, on tig. 1 oflthe drawings.

The letters B represent the wooden heads,`and letters c apertures to lreceive the fastening-nails. I

usually turn the lower end of the tin over the bottom ofthe box.

My box sides are formed of one piece of metal only, soldered iu the manner shown in lig. 3.

.The letters S represent corrugations extending around the box, leaving a space between them to receive a revenue stamp. These corrugations serve to protect such stamp, and prevent it from being rubbedv off in transportation or in handling. t

Tobacco is sometimesv manufactured into plugs twelve inches in length. For packing suc-li tobacco I In testimony that I claim the above, I have here-v unto subscribed my name in the presence'of two witmesses.' v

' GEO. E. TUGKETT.

Witnesses D. hD. KANE,

CEAS. KENYON. 

